04 Asian LEADER
15Jan - 28 Jan 2014
Trial run for taxis on
Drake Street, Rochdale
P
ublic hire taxis will be allowed access to the busonly route at the bottom of
Drake Street for a four-week trial
period.
This decision has come after
drivers had launched a series of
complaints claiming customers
were being charged more for journeys in and out of the town centre
in a campaign supported by MP
Simon Danczuk.
Private hire taxis will still be
banned from the town-centre
route, however, and Councillor
Shakil Ahmed believes this is unfair: “We should not discriminate
between public and private hire,
they are both equally taxis in my
view.”
Councillor Mohammed Zaman
also believes that the private hire
taxi companies should have equal
privileges. He said “It should be accessible by both public and private
hire taxis.”
Councillor Billy Sheerin disagrees with this view, believing
that the 125 public hire taxis in
the town, should gain some advantage. He said: “There is no privilege to having a public hire plate at
present and this would give them
some sort of privilege.”
Another councillor who feels
there should be a difference between the two is Councillor Peter
Winkler. He said: “There is a difference between public and private
We can make jewellery to your personal design
and also offer a full repair service
Stockists of White
Gold, Diamonds,
Silver Jewellery,
Precious &
Semi-Precious Stones
hire if you ask me. Public hire have
to meet much more regulations
than private hire do.”
Rochdale Township chairman
Councillor Cecile Biant was unsure
when the trial would commence:
Oldham Rochdale line
closure Saturday 18 to
Sunday 26 January 2014
The Rochdale line will be closed between
Rochdale Railway Station and Central Park
and replacement buses will run
T
he Rochdale line will be closed
between Rochdale Railway
Station and Central Park and
replacement buses will run.
This is in preparation for the
opening of four new Metrolink
stops in Oldham town centre. Test
trams will be running and the overhead lines will be live.
Trams will continue to run
between Central Park and East
Didsbury via Victoria, and on the
rest of the Metrolink network.
A replacement bus service will
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